Analysis
HTS 7207.20.00 covers containing by weight 0.25 percent or more of carbon under heading 7207 (semifinished products of iron or nonalloy steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 7207.11.00 (of rectangular (including square) cross section, the width…, duty-free), 7207.12.00 (containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon…, duty-free) and 7207.19.00 (containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon: other, duty-free).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331110 (Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing), an industry of 359 US establishments employing 78,532 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7207.11.00 | Of rectangular (including square) cross section, the width measuring less than twice the thickness | Free |
| 7207.12.00 | Containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon: other, of rectangular (other than square) cross section | Free |
| 7207.19.00 | Containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon: other | Free |